[2013.08.28] FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 25 2013

[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
"This world has god of creation but at the same time god of destruction."

Years after the war against Majin Boo came to an end, the peaceful earth again faced a crisis. God of destruction Birus who destroys the balance of the galaxy awakes from his slumber and hears that a Saiyan has defeated Freeza. In order to meet this mighty opponent, he leaves for Kaio-sama's planet. There he meets Goku who is in training. Goku who has not encountered a strong rival in a long time ignores Kaio-sama's warning and is defeated overwhelmingly under the power of Birus. Then Birus heads to Earth to find the strongest Saiyan, Vegata, Gohan and others face an unprecedented threat......

[ HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
Fa, with a zeal to dance, finally gets to leave her sordid life at her parents' tofu shop when she enters university and joins a hip-hop club. She stumbles into the world of dance competition between rival groups and a love complication between the group leader, his ex-lover, an aspiring tai-chi master and herself. But in the end, the show must go on! An unprecedented on-screen performance from the best B-boys in Hong Kong and beyond.

[ HONG KONG SUMMER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ]
Nick Cheung puts on weight and age to play Fai, a 48-year-old down-out-out boxer, eking out a living in Macao training fat ladies to lose weight. Now Dan, a brat sharing his flat with her single mom, tortures him at home, and then Eddie Peng’s Qi, a hunk of a young man entering an MMA tournament to prove something, pesters him at the gym. Sure they make his life hell, but again, they may be angels in disguise. With exhilarating kick-boxing scenes edited at a furious pace abundant, director Dante Lam also fashions a warming drama about love, loyalty and redemption.

[ YAHOO! MOVIES HONG KONG ]
Over the hill Hong Kong boxer Wong Ching Fai becomes a lost middle age man who is ridden in gambling debt. Rich kid Doi Si Chai loses everything due to his father's business failure. Two lost souls who were once at their prime, one to avoid debt collectors and the other to find his father, run into each other in Macau and become master and disciple. Fai in order to regain his life dignity and Chai in order to encourage his missing father not to give up step into the MMA ring and challenge strong opponents without any fear.

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